CVE-2007-2798: Canonical Ubuntu Linux

High severity, CVSS 9.0. EPSS: 7.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Stack-based buffer overflow in the rename_principal_2_svc function in kadmind for MIT Kerberos 1.5.3, 1.6.1, and other versions allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code via a crafted request to rename a principal.

Affected products

• Canonical Ubuntu Linux: version 6.06 only; version 6.10 only; version 7.04 only
• Debian Debian Linux: version 3.1 only; version 4.0 only
• Mit Kerberos 5: up to and including 1.6.1

Published 2007-06-26. Last modified 2026-06-16.